How does climate change affect world vegetation ?
A video clip about how climate change affects vegetation and how plants affect the carbon cycle.
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Choose the correct answer:An increase in ________ causes a decrease in the primary production of plants.
Sunshine.
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Concentration of greenhouse gases.
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Levels of precipitation.
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The length of day.
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Choose the correct answer:According to the video, the use of satellite enables:
Precise GPS location of the recordings.
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Fast, global monitoring.
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Satellite communication between monitoring stations on the ground.
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.Observation of celestial objects
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Choose the correct answer:A typical plant:
Consumes oxygen all the time and releases carbon dioxide in light.
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Which is correct:
Global carbon fixation is currently decreasing.
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There is no way to measure if there has been a change in global carbon fixation.
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Global carbon fixation is currently increasing.
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There is no change currently in global carbon fixation.
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How does climate change affect world vegetation and the carbon cycle ?
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Students will learn in this video about the impact of climate change on Earth’s vegetation, and about how plants affect the carbon cycle. There are four multiple choice questions, which can be answered using the information in the video, along with prior knowledge.
Vegetation, primary production, Climate Change, Carbon Cycle, C4 carbon fixation, ecology system, biofuel
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